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From: kyee@bnlux1.bnl.gov (kenton yee)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Evolution vs Genes
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.010510.11999@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
Date: 25 Jun 91 01:05:10 GMT
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In article <3494.28656C72@ofa123.fidonet.org> Kirk.Reeves@f450.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Kirk Reeves) writes:
>... I saw this bioliogist claim Orietinal are smarter 
>than whites, whites are smarter then blacks, but Black have a bigger 
>sex drive.  Being black, I totally disagreed with this man.  
>I was  wondering since the 
>people here are scienists 
>(real scienists) if the question of evolution vs genes 
>has been quoted: Solved.   

 hah!  the people in this newsgroup couldn't tell me if chimps were 
  smarter than dolphins or not, so how're they gonna differentiate 
  between humans?!  

  but serious, i saw on the scientific american program on pbs 
  this experiment:  a baby chimp(?) right after birth was separated 
  from a nervous mother and was placed with a foster mother with 
  a calm, nurturing personality.  after a while, the chimp visibly
  became more calm, more inquisitive, and had a more outward 
  personality.  part of the experiment was to stress the baby
  chimp to see if he reverts to his original personality--- he 
  did.  so, apparently, learnt behavior only carries you so far.  
   don't know if this has *anything* to do with your question, but
  this experiment struck me as interesting...